+// strprintf - C format string outputter to C++ strings /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* This is used to make the internationalization strings easier to translate
+ and to allow reordering of parameters */
+void strprintf(string &out,const char *format,...)
+{
+ va_list args;
+ va_start(args,format);
+
+ // sprintf the description
+ char S[4096];
+ vsnprintf(S,sizeof(S),format,args);
+ out = string(S);
+}
+ /*}}}*/
+// safe_snprintf - Safer snprintf /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* This is a snprintf that will never (ever) go past 'End' and returns a
+ pointer to the end of the new string. The returned string is always null
+ terminated unless Buffer == end. This is a better alterantive to using
+ consecutive snprintfs. */
+char *safe_snprintf(char *Buffer,char *End,const char *Format,...)
+{
+ va_list args;
+ int Did;
+
+ va_start(args,Format);
+
+ if (End <= Buffer)
+ return End;
+
+ Did = vsnprintf(Buffer,End - Buffer,Format,args);
+ if (Did < 0 || Buffer + Did > End)
+ return End;
+ return Buffer + Did;
+}
+ /*}}}*/
+// StripEpoch - Remove the version "epoch" from a version string /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+string StripEpoch(const string &VerStr)
+{
+ size_t i = VerStr.find(":");
+ if (i == string::npos)
+ return VerStr;
+ return VerStr.substr(i+1);
+}
+
+// tolower_ascii - tolower() function that ignores the locale /*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* This little function is the most called method we have and tries
+ therefore to do the absolut minimum - and is noteable faster than
+ standard tolower/toupper and as a bonus avoids problems with different
+ locales - we only operate on ascii chars anyway. */
+int tolower_ascii(int const c)
+{
+ if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z')
+ return c + 32;
+ return c;
+}
+ /*}}}*/